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Elian's Allies

Updated Feb. 8, 2000 6:58 p.m. ET

Despite receiving a strong vote of confidence from the freedom-fighters at the National Council of Churches in the U.S., Fidel Castro continues to struggle with a problem of escapees from his utopia. Yesterday, two Cuban doctors working with flood victims in Venezuela asked for asylum so, they said, that they might have economic opportunity and freedom of expression. If they are sent back, they will likely lose their licenses and be punished. Insofar as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez looks up to Fidel with as much admiration as the spokesgroup for America's Protestant churches, the odds don't look good. Still, this...